Swinging gate



(No Model.)

G. D. ZIMMERMAN.

Swinging Gate 0. 239,292. Patented March 22,1881.

nmummh work loosely on the bolts.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE D. ZIMMERMAN, or LEBANON, PENNSYEVANIA.

'SWINGING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,292, dated March22, 1881.

- Application filed December 20,1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. ZIMMER- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lebanon, in the county of Lebanon and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as rill enable others skilledin the art to which it appertai'ns to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side view of the gate, partially raised. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the weighted lever. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe lower gate-hinge.

This invention relates to farm-gates of the class known as swinginggates, and the main object of the improvement is to construct a gatethat will not swag or drag at its latch end in being opened and swungaround.

My invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as will be hereinafter set forth and specifically claimed.

In the annexed drawings, forming a part of this specification, theletter A represents a gate composed of a number of horizontal bars, bb.Each bar is bolted to the end vertical bars, 0 0, so as to work looselyon the bolts and assume an inclination, substantially as shown in Fig. 1of the drawings. The intermediate vertical bars, d d, bolted to theupper and lower horizontal bars, are designed to strengthen the gate,and they should also These horizontal and vertical bars are made inwidth and thickness according to the strength and size of the gatedesired.

The letter 13 represents the front or catch post, and O the rear orhinge post. The latter is termed in this specification a low hingepost,because it is lower than the catch-post, and below the horizontal planeof the extended counterbalance-lever, as seen in the drawings. Thehinge-post is provided with two hooks of the usual construction, uponwhich the gate hangs at one end.

To the vertical bar 0, at the rear end of the gate, are attached thehinges D and E, near the top and bottom of the said bar, so as toregister with the hooks and hang the gate'at a proper distance from theground. The lower hinge, E, (see Fig. 3,) consists of the long sidecheeks, e, the branch or connecting arm f,

and the socket or eye h, all united in one piece and formed of malleableor cast iron. This lower hinge, having the appearance of an inverted L,has the side cheeks extended below the connecting-arm, so as to secure abracing action upon the lower corner of the gate, and, being arranged onopposite sides, clasps the rear end of the gate on both sides,strengthens it, supports the strain upon the gate when open and beingswung, and enables it to be opened either way, outwardly or inwardly.

The upper surface of the rear end of the upper horizontal bar, I), isnotched at k, and provided with a diagonal clamp-strap, m. The

object of this notch It is to provide a firm seat for the forward end ofthe lever F, and to prevent a forward displacement of the same, and

the strap m, with its bolts, is to confine andsecure the forward end ofthe lever to the seat of the upper horizontal bar, 0, of the gate,

and prevent a backward or upward displacement of the weighted lever.

The letter F (see Fig. 2) represents a countel-balance lever or bar,having at its outer end a box or receptacle to receive and hold stonesor other weights. The front beveled end of this bar fits, as beforestated, into the notch of the bar b and under the clamp-strap m, and issecured in position by bolts, substantially as seen in Fig. 1 of thedrawings. Thus it it a latch and locking device for securing thecounterbalance-lever F, as described, and for gate when closed. thepurpose set forth. :0

What I claim as my invention, and desire In testimony whereof I affix mysignature to secure by Letters Patent, is in presence of two witnesses.5 A swinging gate having the rear vertical GEORGE D. ZIMMERMAN,

bar, 0, providedwith a bolt-hole at its upper Witnesses: end, the notch70 in the top horizontal bar, I), LEWIS REHR,

and the stirrup m, in combination with the BASSLER BOYER.

